| Show A MODERN INSTANCE I Of How Two Young lovers Settle a Dispute As to Which i Favored of a Sweet Society Girl of Fairfield ConnThe Good fist Supplants the Lance ISpeclalto THE HERAU > Examiner Dispatch BRIDGEPORT Conn March lSTwo wellknown young men of Fairfield fought with bare knuckles to a finish for the love of a pretty society girl of that ancient town Monday evening They are Charles Sweeney twentythres years old and George Weed who is two years older They fought near Redfleld quarry Both loved the girl and both had been well received re-ceived by beY Sweeney who dresses fashionably is one of the elite of the town is considered the dude of Fairfield while Weed who is a good looking man is superintendent of the Redfield quarry Weed knew Sweenej was his rival but had no fears that Sweeney would supplant him in the girls affections Weed took pains to tell hisUriends that Sweeney was wasting valuable time in courting tho lady When Sweeney heard it he became angered He sought Weed and demanded an apology Weed refused to make one and the result was an agreement to meet in tho ring and fight the matter out as to who should be the ladys favorite The fight lasted an hour Sweeney getting the worst nF it TTn imoLnEizad afterward to the lady and her parents Tee young men were not objects of beauty when they left the ring and will not be seen in society for I many days |
